Francisco Burzi PHP-Nuke 7.6 Web_Links search ratenum sql injection

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A vulnerability marked as critical has been reported in Francisco Burzi PHP-Nuke 7.6. Impacted is the function Search of the component Web_Links. Performing a manipulation of the argument ratenum results in sql injection. This vulnerability is reported as CVE-2005-0997. The attack is possible to be carried out remotely. Moreover, an exploit is present.

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A vulnerability classified as critical has been found in Francisco Burzi PHP-Nuke 7.6 (Content Management System). This affects the function search of the component Web_Links. The manipulation of the argument ratenum with an unknown input leads to a sql injection vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-89. The product constructs all or part of an SQL command using externally-influenced input from an upstream component, but it does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes special elements that could modify the intended SQL command when it is sent to a downstream component. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

Multiple SQL injection vulnerabilities in the Web_Links module for PHP-Nuke 7.6 allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary SQL commands via (1) the email or url parameters in the Add function, (2) the url parameter in the modifylinkrequestS function, (3) the orderby or min parameters in the viewlink function, (4) the orderby, min, or show parameters in the search function, or (5) the ratenum parameter in the MostPopular function.

The weakness was disclosed 05/02/2005 as not defined posting (Bugtraq). The advisory is shared at marc.theaimsgroup.com. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2005-0997 since 04/07/2005. The exploitability is told to be easy. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. No form of authentication is needed for exploitation. Technical details and a public exploit are known. MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1505 for this issue.

The exploit is shared for download at exploit-db.com. It is declared as proof-of-concept.

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at Exploit-DB (25360). The entries VDB-24778 and VDB-24776 are pretty similar. Several companies clearly confirm that VulDB is the primary source for best vulnerability data.

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• Content Management System

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• Francisco Burzi

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• PHP-Nuke

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• 7.6

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• open-source

Website

• Vendor: https://bitbucket.org/phpnuke/phpnuke

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Several companies clearly confirm that VulDB is the primary source for best vulnerability data.

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